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6. The horseshoe crab closely resembles what?

  • Lobsters
  • Trilobites
  • Lobe-finned fish

7. The result of an complete fossil record - intermediates were very common

  • False
  • True

8. 'Change in gene frequencies' is the definition for what?

  • Gradualism
  • Microevolution
  • Speciation
  • Macroevolution

9. Latimeria is the worlds most famous example of what?

  • A living fossil
  • Natural selection
  • Gradualism

10. Punctuated evolution may occur because...

  • Sub-population gives rise to new species
  • New species arise by splitting off from lineages
  • New species originates in a very small part of ancestral range so fossils are rare
  • All of the above
  • Small isolated populations evolve rapidly

11. Lampetra is an example of what?

  • Natural selection
  • A living fossil
  • An evolutionary change

12. What are living fossils?

  • Species that remain virtually unchanged for millions of years
  • Fossils which fully preserve the organism, including organs and hairs
  • Animals that are partially related to fossilised organisms

13. On average, horse teeth evolve at --- Darwins per million years

  • 0.05 - 0.10
  • 0.05 - 1.0
  • 0.02 - 0.10
  • 0.2 - 1.0

14. Most fossil records don’t reflect gradualism

  • True
  • False

15. 'Patterns in change of species composition over geological time periods' is a definition for what?

  • Gradualism
  • Macroevolution
  • Speciation
  • Microevolution

16. Measuring changes in the SIZE and SHAPE of fossils is a way of monitoring what?

  • Natural selection
  • Genetic drift
  • Rates of evolution
  • Gradualism

17. The living species of lungfish have remained largely unchanged for how many years?

  • 50 million
  • 30 million
  • 250 Million
  • 300 million

18. Measuring NON CONTINUOUS CHARACTERS is often the only way to measure features on fossils as they evolve

  • True
  • False

19. Long periods of no evolutionary change are PUNCTUATED by rapid evolution when SPECIATION occurs is the theory of what?

  • Natural selection
  • Punctuated equilibrium
  • Gradualism

20. 'Evolution of reproductive isolation' is a definition for what?

  • Speciation
  • Microevolution
  • Macroevolution
  • Gradualism